"Mystery" Mod

[claymore]

OK I know sometimes I go overboard with my Modding but... I wash my car a lot and I was tired of ending up with bloody knuckles every time. So I did this mod... can you spot it?

http://i72.photobucket.com/albums/i178/sylop729/fender.jpg

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OK give up here is the secret......

http://i72.photobucket.com/albums/i178/sylop729/fender1.jpg


One day while making my air intake box I had some thin sheetmetal left over soooo. I cut a piece of cardboard and bent it at 90 degrees and started cutting it down slowly so it fit on top of those two stupid bolts that go from the wheel well and stick up into the lower inside part of the fender that I always cut my knuckles on while trying to get out trapped dirt. When I got it cut down to fit I just copied the shape to the sheetmetal and made these covers (one each side).

After making sure it would fit I painted it black on both sides. When It was dry I just put it in place and ran a small bead of black silicone around the edge to permanently hold it in place and YAY no more cut knuckles.

The whole DIY took about 20 minutes and the sheetmetal was free. I did this a couple of years ago and some of you may have seen this before but I'm happy to report that 3 years later it's still protecting my knuckles.:p

[manxman]

Nice job John! For other GD3 owners who do not have any metal-working skills, another fix for this problem would be a product here in the U.S. called "Dip It", available in hardware stores. This is a one-part rubber coating in many colors including black, that is used as a coating on tool handles. You dip the handles of pliers, wire cutters, etc. into the liquid and it cures in the air. The cured rubber is pliable, bonds to anything, gives excellent electrical insulation, and seals out corrosion. This stuff could just be poured into the fender cavity until the bolt threads are covered and it would just solidify and stay there forever, unless you wanted to pry it back out for whatever reason.

[claymore]

Yep anything you can put in there to cover the bolts is fine even silicone but it would get a bit expensive. One thing to remember is that area gets all the road crap thrown up on it because it's right in front of the wheel so you want something smooth and not sticky or it will trap the crap.